Senior Data Scientist

Job Description

Artefact (formerly Artefact-NetBooster SA) is a digital marketing agency built on the perfect union of marketers and engineers. The agency works with the largest global brands to redefine the future of customer experience through new technologies. The company has 25 offices across 17 countries, with 1000+ employees delivering three service offers : Data Consulting, Digital Marketing Expertise and Technology Development (Big Data and Artificial Intelligence). Artefact was awarded the most innovative agency of 2017.

Over 600 clients, including 100+ blue chip clients such as AccorHotels, Orange, Carrefour, Emirates, and Monoprix, rely on the agency’s profound marketing experience. Artefact, founded by three alumni of the renowned French Engineering School Polytechnique, Vincent Luciani, Philippe Rolet and Guillaume de Roquemaurel, has sustained a steady growth rate since its creation in 2015 and has multiplied its turnover threefold in 2016. Artefact is listed on the Euronext Growth Paris Stock Exchange and is one of the largest independent international agency led by media and data experts.

What you will be doing: Key responsibilities

As a Senior Data Scientist, your role will encompass:

Leading and conducting ambitious projects in the transformation of clients through data

Having a contributor role in raising the level of competencies of the data science team

Harnessing the expertise from the other Divisions (Activation, Creativity, and Strategy) to provide comprehensive services to your clients

Developing privileged relationships with our clients, using your technical abilities to assist in the transformation of their marketing department

You’ll also participate in international projects. Business travel is something you enjoy!

Among your responsibilities as Senior Data Scientist, you will be responsible for:

Leading data projects

Managing the resources on your projects to ensure challenges and skills are well match

Securing delivery on your projects

Communicating the successes of your projects among the company

Working closely with your Consulting counterpart to build and maintain strong relationships with your clients and best understand their needs

Caring for the happiness of the team, ensuring work is delivered to a high standard and providing feedback and mentoring

Being a great tech role model

Demonstrating the skill and credibility required to ensure the success of our clients’ initiatives

Researching and developing new technical approaches to address problems efficiently

Sharing best practices and contributing to Artefact’s institutional knowledge

2+ years of hands-on experience developing and applying data-driven solutions in a corporate or consulting setting, preferably in a consumer marketing context (experience in the web industry is a plus)

Intellectual curiosity and excellent problem-solving skills, including the ability to structure and prioritise an approach for maximum impact

What we are looking for

A Doer: you get things done and inspire your teams to do the same

An Analyst: you LOVE data and think every company should take their decisions with facts

A Pragmatist: you have a hacker mindset and always find the quick wins

A Mentor: your clients and teams naturally seek for advice

An Adventurer: you’re an entrepreneur constantly looking for problems to solve

Why you should join us

Artefact is the place to be: come and build the future of marketing

Progress: every day offers new challenges and new opportunities to learn

Culture: join the best team you could ever imagine

Entrepreneurship: you will be joining a team of driven entrepreneurs. We won’t give up until we make a huge dent in this industry!

About Artefact

A new breed of brands such as Google, Amazon, Netflix and Airbnb have captured consumers’ hearts & minds by disrupting the status quo across all sectors. These brands have defined higher standards of customer experience by continuously improving their products and services through digital media, data & AI. All brands must now live up to these new standards.